Coming of Age

Coming Of Age is a film that follows teenagers over the course of two years as they grow up deep in the southern African mountain kingdom of Lesotho. Very little happens in the village of Ha Sekake, but from their perspective, a lot is at stake. Lefa, who wears her heart on her sleeve, sees her world fall apart when her best friend Senate leaves the village. She too must decide whether to stay or leave in search of a better education and new opportunities. Retabile takes care of the family’s livestock up in a remote cattle post, for eight months of the year. He is helped by his younger brother Mosaku, who watches as Retabile goes through a rite of passage that will mark his transition into manhood. The summer of youth is quickly over, doors into adulthood open and close.

Credits

Camera:

Samuel Lahu

Producer:

Don Edinks

Teboho Edkins

Editing:

Rune Schweitzer

Sound:

Tobias Bilz

Film info

Direction:

Teboho Edkins

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

South Africa, Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Steps, Don Edkins and Teboho Edkins

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

Sesotho

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

63

Silent Days

A normal street somewhere in Berlin. It’s winter. The people who are doing their shopping or taking the bus here have to go to work or to school, they’re unemployed or retired. Once in a while a car goes by, apart from that it’s relatively quiet. Then the first snow of the year starts falling and for a moment everything changes. The sounds fade out, the light gets brighter and the movements get more cautious. It seems as if the people themselves were changing. A documentary about the first snow of the year in Berlin.

Credits

Camera:

Hendrik Reichel

Producer:

Niklas Hlawatsch

Bernadette Klausberger

Sound:

Felix Heibges

Editing:

Sotiris Spiliotis

Miriam Bliese

Film info

Direction:

Miriam Bliese

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

S 16mm

Screening format:

35mm, HDCam

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby Stereo

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

22

El Legado

Two women are living together in a small town in southern Chile. Rosalia dreams of her deceased life partner Juan and Laura dreams of becoming a car mechanic far away. Their daily life shows us a world in which women represent good and evil likewise, whree religion determines people's lives and social hierarchy is not challengend.

Credits

Camera:

Jenny-Lou Ziegel

Producer:

Nora Ehrmann

Roberto Anjari-Rossi

Editing:

Gine ́ s Olivares

Film info

Direction:

Roberto Anjari-Rossi

Genre:

documentary

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Spanish

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

83

Hopscotch

Roksana begegnet Nick und triezt und quält ihn, bis dieser den Spieß umdreht, und Roksana unerwartet sich selbst gegenüber steht. Aber noch kann sie nicht aus ihrer Haut. Tobi, der einige badende Mädchen beobachtet, wird von ihnen entdeckt und bitterlich bestraft. Seinen Schmerz muss er (auch) noch „vertagen“, wäre die größere Pein doch, ihn zuzugeben. Alinas Wunsch auf eine Party zu gehen, die ihr Leben ändern könnte und der Druck der Freundin zu gefallen, sind so groß, dass sie dafür sogar bereit ist, das Leben ihrer gesamten Familie auf Spiel zu setzen. Auf Spiel, auf Leben und Tod, wo ist der Unterschied? Das ganze Leben spielt sich in einer Unschärfe ab, zwischen Kindsein und Erwachsen werden. So steht dem Wunsch nach Nähe mit einem Mal auch die Angst davor gegenüber und mündet in ungeschickten Annäherungsversuchen. Die Trilogie „Himmel und Hölle“ erzeugt einen Dreiklang aus diesen Momenten der Unschärfe und gibt einen Ausblick auf das, was das Handeln seiner Protagonisten irgendwann bedeuten könnte.

Credits

Cast:

Pavel Wenzel

Lucie Rudolph

Talisa Lilli Lemke

Peter Bulkowski

Script:

Magdalena Grazewicz

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Nicola Alice Hens

Camera:

Nicola Alice Hens

Producer:

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Nicola Alice Hens

Sound:

Ludwig Fiedler

Stephan Bruns

Tom Dittrich

Film info

Direction:

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Nicola Alice Hens

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

35mm

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German with english or russian subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

23 min

Roksana

Roksana plays dangerous games, balancing on the edge of a high wall. She is both bored and like a hungry predator, waiting for its prey. The unsuspecting Nick is spraying graffiti. Roksana lures him onto the dangerous ledge. She bullies and torments Nick, until he turns things around.

Credits

Cast:

Talisa Lilli Lemke – Roksana

Peter Bulkowski – Nick

Script:

Magdalena Grazewicz

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Nicola Alice Hens

Camera:

Nicola Alice Hens

Producer:

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Nicola Alice Hens

Editing:

Bettina Böhler

Sound:

Stephan Bruns

Benedykt Wedel

Music:

Moritz Fehr

Film info

Direction:

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

Digital

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

8

Call of Beauty

„Call of Beauty“ tells a story about the real-life ego-shooters in our society. It's about the power of evaluation, the obsession with beauty, it's about friendship and the microcosm of a girl's toilet – the hotspot of our pubescent protagonists. This is where they put on their faces and take of their masks, where they destroy each other and forgive. It's the never-ending fight between the real and the fake. Jenny and Lana (both 14) used to be best friends, since kindergarden. But their friendship is at a crossroads. Amanda changed her look and her circle of friends, trying to reinvent herself and get closer to her big love, Ivan. Lana feels left out. At the point of escalation, the girl-friends stick together, not knowing that the big payback is yet to come.

Credits

Cast:

Neomie Hein

Charlotte Sachs

Script:

Friederike Gralle

Camera:

Christoph Greiner

Producer:

France Orsenne

Editing:

Steve Podewilst

Sound:

Valentin Finke

Film info

Direction:

Donald Houwer

Genre:

fictional

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

ARTE

Production:

2011

Shooting format:

HD

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

6

Border

On the day of her 24 birthday, Veronika has to take within 24 hours a decision, how her life in the future would look like. One night at the lake is for Veronika like a revolution, which breaks the old rules.

Credits

Cast:

Malwina Buss

Matthias Lier

Maciej Zera

Eillen Osei

Manuel Mairhofer

Robin Krakowski

Script:

Ewa Wikieł

Camera:

Richard Marx

Producer:

Simon Lubinski

Editing:

Wolfgang Gessat

Ewa Wikieł

Sound:

Malwina Buss

Film info

Direction:

Ewa Wikieł

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2013

Shooting format:

Super 16mm

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

Cinemascope

Sound format:

Wav

Language:

German/Polish/English with german & engl. ST

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

20

Asche

A couple, long past their expiration date; two people who've got nothing to say to each other. But when that is over, after they've split, he wants to hear her say what happened.

Credits

Cast:

Franz Rogowski

Katrin Sommer

Vera Disselhoff

Script:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Camera:

Constanze Schmitt

Producer:

Tim Oliver Schultz

Editing:

Antonella Sarubbi

Sound:

David Scheler

Film info

Direction:

Christoph Mushayija Rath

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2014

Shooting format:

S16

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OV

Runtime:

6

Alina

Alina wants to go to a party that could change her life. The peer pressure is so great, that Alina is prepared to risk her entire family's lives for a chance to go. For the game, for life, for death, where's the difference? The film is a snap-shot of a moment between childhood and adult life, a situation, in which growing up is delayed. And it is an outlook at the impact actions can have when you are given responsibility. But not yet. The teens can still defy time and adulthood.

Credits

Cast:

Lucie Rudolph – Alina

Talisa Lilli Lemke – Roksana

Script:

Magdalena Grazewicz

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Camera:

Nicola Alice Hens

Producer:

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Nicola Alice Hens

Sound:

Stephan Bruns

Tom Dittrich

Film info

Direction:

Kristina Kean Shtubert

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production:

2015

Shooting format:

35mm

Screening format:

1:2,35

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:2,35

Sound format:

5.1

Language:

German

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

10